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Careless People: A story of where I used to work by Sarah Wynn-Williams
5.0
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Thank god she didn’t sign an NDA!! Thank you Sarah for giving us the tea 5👍 

Some thoughts while reading:
  • they could never make me like you Sheryl Sandberg!! (She is as pretentious and intolerable as she seems) 
  • The Zuck really is as pathetic and cringey as the Social Network makes him out to be
  • SWW is a mix between Andie from  the Devil Wears Prada and Amy from Veep but more Amy as Andie grows a backbone 
  • No girl don’t go to Myanmar!!
  • I lost all respect for SWW when she pulled out her laptop to answer work emails during her own labour!!! 
  • The Zuck refusing to wear batik when meeting Jokowi (b/c it was too colourful) is such a red flag
  • SWW doesn’t take enough accountability for her actions at FB imo: she joined 2010/11 post-Social Network so we knew that Zuck was not a good guy and there were definitely red flags and warning signs she CHOSE to ignore 
  • The only thing that has really shocked me in this book is slimey Sheryl Sandberg sleeping with her staffers!! I wish this woman would ‘lean in’ to the edge of a cliff 

Originally I was going to take 1 star off for SWW’s lack of accountability and acknowledgment of her complicity at Facebook (especially during the genocide in Myanmar). But after watching her senate testimony and filing a whistleblower complaint to the SEC I feel like she is atoning for her sins. 

Not mention she is under a gag order from Facebook and may never be allowed to mention the company ever again and faces personal and financial ruin from her book. 

I think she has genuine remorse, regret and guilt about her time at Facebook, which cannot be said about any of the other former and current executives. 
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